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113K in Pa. remain without power after storm

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Utility crews restored power to thousands of Pennsylvania homes Saturday, but some customers in the dark for days after a tree-snapping ice storm may not regain power until early next week.

About 115,000 customers in Pennsylvania and Maryland remained without power late Saturday afternoon, and faced the prospect of a fourth night without electric heat or light. About 115,000 customers in Pennsylvania and Maryland remained without power late Saturday afternoon.

The majority of them are in the Philadelphia area, with utility PECO reporting about 107,000 outages, as of 6:30 p.m., down about 40,000 from Saturday morning.

The latest outages include nearly 47,000 customers in hard-hit Chester County, or more than one in five customers.

Montgomery County had about 28,000 customers without electricity, while Bucks County had 22,000.

PECO spokesman Greg Smore says weakened trees and limbs continue to fall, creating new obstacles. The company expects to restore power to everyone by Monday.

In Maryland, officials report about 2,000 outages.

The outages that remained Saturday included about 6,100 non-PECO customers in Lancaster and York Counties and 2,000 outages in Maryland.